jpdb beta

supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder

2

alliance; union; league

2

to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation

1

loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

2

survival; survivor; relic

1

January; first month of the lunar calendar

1

fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days

1

son

2

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

2

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

1

lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents

1

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

3

separate case; another matter

1

male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

6

to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair

1

innermost feelings

3

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

1

(public) duty

4

to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

2

in spite of; regardless of

1

to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic

2

way (of doing); method

2

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

1

worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning

1

similar

2

both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other

1

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

4

deathbed; dying hour; one's death

3

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

13

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

1

without; unless; have to do

1

strategist; tactician; schemer

2

without

1

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

1

to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

2

dust

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

2

openhearted; frank; broad-minded

2

to become like a different person; to have a change in personality

1

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

3

long trip

1

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

1

entering; going into

1

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

2

to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)

1

boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

1

fault; defect; minor; 5-point card

1